Honor Your Mentor (HYM) Funds recognize the incredible people who have advanced neurosurgery. Each mentor fund has a specific purpose, and donations fund a chosen research or educational endeavor in the mentor’s name across a variety of subspecialties.
To date, the following HYM funds have provided funding for projects or awards:
A. LELAND ALBRIGHT FUND
2021
Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
Dr. Emmanuel Wafula, Tenwek Hospital, Bomet Kenya
2022
Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
ALBERT L. RHOTON FUND
2018
Maria Peris-Celda, MD, PhD, Albany Medical College, Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award for
Neuroanatomical Research
Sricharan Gopakumar, Baylor College of Medicine, Rhoton Medical Student Summer Research
Fellowship
Brian F. Jimenez, University of Tennessee, Rhoton Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
2022
Christopher S. Graffeo, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award for Neuroanatomical Research
ANDREW T. PARSA FUND
2017
Darryl Lau, MD, University of California-San Francisco, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2018
Teddy Kim, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2019
Benjamin T. Himes, MD, Mayo Clinic, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2020
Victoria E. Clark, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2021
Michael B. Keough, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2022
Ashish Shah, MD, University of Miami
CHARLES B. WILSON FUND
2021
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS
CHARLES H. TATOR FUND
2021
Khaled Alok, MD (Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award)
Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD, FAANS (Tator Lecture)
2022
Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD (Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award)
Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC (Tator Lecture)
CHARLES L. BRANCH, SR. FUND
2021
Nitin Agarwal, MD, "REDUCE – Comparative effectiveness of reduction versus in-situ arthrodesis for high grade spondylolisthesis: A quality outcomes database pilot study"
2022
James Phillip Caruso, MD, University of Texas Southwestern “Lumbar lordosis restoration after low-grad spondylolisthesis correction: Is interbody fusion superior?”
2023
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis QOD Study Funding
CHARLES KUNTZ IV FUND
2017
Vincent J. Alentado, Michael Brendan Cloney, Doniel Drazin, Benjamin D. Elder, George M. Ghobrial, C. Rory Goodwin, Peter Grunert, Daipayan Guha, Ibrahim Hussain, Christian Iorio-Morin, Evan Joseph Lytle, Allan R. Martin, Meghan Murphy, Aria Nouri, Vijay Ravindra, Ahilan Sivaganesan, Vijay Yanamadala, Michael M.H. Yang, and Scott L. Zuckerman.
2018
Mark Andrew Attiah, Yi-Ren Chen, Lee Onn Chieng, Michael Cloney, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jakub Godzik, Jian Guan, Allen L. Ho, Katie L. Krause, Darryl Lau, Jay Kiran Nathan, Tianyi Niu, Imran Noorani, Eric W. Sankey, Ganesh Shankar, Corey Tyler Walker, Vijay Yanamadala, Juneyoung L. Yi, and Hesham Mostafa Zakaria.
2019
Owoicho Adogwa, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Mark Andrew Attiah, Oliver GS Ayling, Andrew Kai-Hong Chan, Islam Fayed, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jack M. Haglin, Allen L. Ho, Sertac Kirnaz, Mohamed Macki, Anthony L. Mikula, Aria Nouri, Zachary Sanford, Alisson R. Teles, Zoe E. Teton, Jamie RF Wilson, Michael M.H. Yang, Hesham Mostafa Zakaria, and Scott L. Zuckerman
2020
Roberto Perez-Roman, Andrew K. H. Chan, Ken Chang, Mena G. Kerolus, Michael Karsy, Yaroslav J. Gelfand, Nida Fatima, Allan R. Martin, Harry Mushlin, John F. Burke, Jacob C. Hoffmann, Samuel H. Farber, Chencai Wang, Lee Onn Chieng, Darryl Lau, Jakub Godzik, Anshit Goyal, Anthony L. Mikula, Oliver GS Ayling, and Michael M. H. Yang
2021
Daniel Myers, MD, Zach Pennington, MD, Brandon Sherrod, MD, Tolga Sursal, MD, Nikita Lakomkin, MD, Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Ali Moghaddamjou, MD, Dayton Grogan, MD, James Caruso, MD, Seokchun Lim, MD, Chad F. Claus, DO, John F. Burke, MD, Yaroslav J. Gelfand, MD, Safwan Alomari, MD, Islam Fayed, MD, Khaled Alok, MD, Daryl Fields, MD, Timothy Y. Wang, MD, and Yagiz U. Yolcu, MD
2022
Hasan S. Ahmad, Ahmed Albayar, Ammar Alsalahi, DO, Vikram Chakravarthy, MD, Andrew K. Chan, MD, Sai Chilakapati, Pravesh Gadjradj, Jacob Goldberg, MD, Travis M. Hamilton, MD, Kevin T. Huang, MD, Michael H. Lawless II, DO, Robert W. McCabe, DO, Giorgos Michalopoulos, Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Jose Orenday, Alp Ozpinar, MD, Paul Page, MD, Zachariah Pinter, Yamaan S. Saadeh, MD, Saman Shabani, MD
2023
Abdul Karim Ghaith, Aladine Elsamadicy, Aria Nouri, David Kurland, David Mazur-Hart, Edvin Telemi, Edwin Kulubya, Evan Joiner, Gustavo Anton, Jacob Jasinski, James Mooney, James Zhou, Jeff Ehresman, Joravar Dhaliwal, Joseph Linzey, Joseph Withrow, Katriel Lee, Kavelin Rumalla, Ken Porche, Laureen Hachem, Maaria Abdel-Moneim, Mark Zaki, Michael Cloney, Miguel Cardozo, Mohammad A. Nour el Dine, Patrick Flanigan, Pavlos Texakalidis, Rafael del la Garza Ramos, Roxana Beladi, Ryan Screven, Sananthan Sivakanthan, Sean Neifert, Steve Cho, Steve Monk, Syed Faraz Kazim, Syed Khalid, Tarek Mansour, Tej Azad, Timothy Chryssikos
CHRISTOPHER I. SHAFFREY FUND
2022
Yared Nigusie, Christopher I Shaffrey International Travelling Fellow Award
2023
Visagan Ravindran
DAVID KLINE FUND
2022
Andrew Jack, MD, MSc, FRCSC, University of Alberta
Saad Javeed, MD, Washington University
2023
Megan Jack, MD, PhD (Peripheral Nerve Research Award)
Stanley Bazarek, MD (Peripheral Nerve Abstract Award)
DAVID L. KELLY, JR. FUND
We salute the David L. Kelly, Jr. Honor Your Mentor Fund for providing support to residents for ongoing educational programs within the department of neurosurgery at Wake Forest University.
DONALD O. QUEST FUND
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Medical Student
2016
Kristen A. Batich
2017
Vaidehi Mahadev
2018
Ahmed Jorge, PhD
2019
Deborah Boyett
2020
Keyan Peterson
2021
Keyan Peterson
2022
Oishika Das
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Medical Student
2016
Jason Anthony Liew
2017
Gautam Madhu Nayar
2018
Aaron Gelinne, BS
2019
Shehryar Sheikh
2020
Noah Cutler
2021
Caroline Goedmakers
2022
Anthony Piscopo, BS
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member (Resident)
2016
Ganesh Mani Shankar, MD
2017
Gentian Toshkezi, MD
2018
Dominic Maggio, MD
2019
Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD
2020
David Bonda, MD
2021
Panagiotis Mastorakos, MD, PhD
2022
Jacob S. Young, MD
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member
2016
Allen Ho, MD
2017
Richard Rammo, MD
2018
Andrew K. Chan, MD
2019
Siir Sahib Singh Khalsa, MD
2020
Abdul-Kareem H. Ahmed, MD
2021
Jacob S. Young, MD
2022
Timothy J. Yee, MD
ED BENZEL FUND
2023
Nishanth Krishnan
EDWARD R. LAWS FUND
Establishment of a special archive at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston including a collection of historical materials and educational resources related to Harvey Cushing and other figures in neurosurgery, and funding for a Departmental summer program for underprivileged and minority high school and college students.
2021
Mischa McLean, 10th grade, John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Samantha Bethoney, sophomore, Northeastern University
EDWARD S. CONNOLLY FUND
2022
Nora C. Kim, MD, New York University “Impact of sarcopenic obesity on perioperative morbidity and mechanical complications following lumbar fusion”
2023
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis QOD Study Funding
HARBAUGH-DRAKE FUND
We salute the Harbaugh-Drake Honor Your Mentor Fund for providing support to the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section for the annual Harbaugh-Drake Neurovascular Outcomes Research Scholar who will present at the CV section during the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting.
HENRY G. SCHWARTZ FUND
2022
Diane Aum, MD, Washington University
JAMES T. RUTKA FUND
2022
Evan Bander (CNS)
JOHN A. JANE, SR. FUND
2023
Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Mayo Clinic
KARIN M. MURASZKO FUND
2023
Samantha Melendrez, University of California, Los Angeles
Katie Stark, University of Southern California
L. DADE LUNSFORD FUND
The AANS/CNS Section on Tumors will grant $1,000 awards at both AANS and CNS meetings based on the best radiosurgery abstract scored.
2021
Isaac Jonathan Pomeraniec, MD (AANS)
Jason P. Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS (CNS)
2022
Zane Schnurman, MD, (AANS)
Andrea Klein (CNS)
MARTIN H. WEISS FUND
2021
2021 Michelle Lin, MD
PETER J. JANNETTA FUND
An endowed lectureship in honor of Dr. Jannetta has been established at UPMC
R. MICHAEL SCOTT FUND
The fund is supporting an annual lecture and education day in honor of Dr. Scott at Boston Children's Hospital.
RALPH G. DACEY FUND
2018
Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., MD, FAANS
2019
E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD, FAANS
2020
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD, FAANS
2021
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, FAANS
2022
Murat Gunel, MD, FAANS
REGIS W. HAID, JR. FUND
Ongoing support for the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) Effectiveness of Fusion for Grade I Spondylolisthesis study.
2023
Cervical QOD Study Funding
RICHARD G. FESSLER FUND
2023
Pravesh Gadjradj
SANFORD J. LARSON FUND
2021
Sebastian Salas-Vega, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
2022
Pravesh Gadjardi, MD
Christina Huang Wright, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University “What factors
influence sub-specialization and when? Analysis of evolving priorities throughout residency
with a focus on identifying factors that may improve diversity within the spine
subspecialty.”
2023
Logan Muzyka
SHELLY D. TIMMONS FUND
2022
Theresa Williamson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2023
Charuta G. Furey, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute
STEWART B. DUNSKER FUND
2018-20
Dr. Jetan Bhadiwala, UNH/University of Toronto
2021
James H. Mooney, MD, University of Alabama “Multicenter prospective analysis of clinical and radiographic outcomes after lumbar disc arthroplasty”
2022
Mohammad Bydon, MD, FAANS
2023
Cervical QOD Study Funding
TODD ALBERT FUND
2023
Arthur R. Bartolozzi, Austin H. Carroll, Christopher M. Mikhail, Diana Douleh, Djani Robertson, Dylan C. Thomas, Gerard Marciano, Gurmit Singh, Hannah A. Levy, Jerry Du, Jerry E. Robinson III, Jessica Albanese, Matthew W. Godlewski, Michael J. Kelly, Micheal Raad, Monis A. Khan, Nathan J. Lee, Nishanth Krishnan, Patrick Young, Prashant V. Rajan, Pratyush Shahi, Robert Merrill, Ryan Finkel, Stephane Owusu-Saprong, Stephen R. Stephan, Takashi Hirase
ULRICH BATZDORF FUND
2023
Jacob Greenberg, MD
Zach Pennington, MD
VEENA D. MUMMANENI FUND
2022
Anna Huguenard, MD, Washington University
2023
Arati Patel, MD, University of California-San Francisco
VOLKER K. H. SONNTAG FUND
2023
Cervical QOD Study Funding
WARREN C. BOOP FUND
2017
Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD
2019
Olusoji Afuwape, MD, PhD
Matthew Helton, MD
Patrick Paullus, MD
2020
Matthew Helton, MD
Marcus Stephens, MD
2021
Matthew Helton, MD
2022
William Coggins, MD
Brooke Elberson, MD, PhD
Matthew Helton, MD
Zachary Porter, MD
Marcus Stephens, MD
2023
Stenia Accilien, MD
Zachary Porter, MD
On behalf of the NREF Board of Directors, we congratulate all HYM award recipients and offer our best wishes for continued success.
